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Shields-up and grc's scans have been around for a multitude of years, I can remember when he first started and then a couple of years ago released his self-proclaimed "nano-scan". His site might give you which ports are open, but after that, I don't think they're too helpful. There are a couple of other sites that provided scans as well, here's the sygate one.

Yeah, I've been wondering about GRC. What kind of reputation does that hold in the security community? I've heard different opinions, but I'm really impressed that all his work seems to have been done with Assembly Language...That makes for crazy small programs, but you gotta be a frickin' genius to code in that!

That was amusing.. They basically repeated that they can't connect to netBIOS or any related ports and showed me that I have virtually no ports open or they are in "stealth" mode. Same for applications, etc. Very interesting, and shows I'm pretty well guarded against that type of riff raff.

well apparently my box is somewhat secure, most of my ports are stealthed and only 139 open for file sharing, outgoing only hahah!

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. (Janet Reno)

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We\'ve created life in our own image. (Stephen Hawking)

well apparently my box is somewhat secure, most of my ports are stealthed and only 139 open for file sharing, outgoing only hahah!

Would you care to elaborate on that statement.... You say in your profile that you are really a *nix type but you have "139 open for file sharing, outgoing only hahah"..... If grc can see that I would suggest that your hahaha might be an issue....

More details would be nice....

Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides

i am a nix type. but i use xp home edition for my music. i use my doze box for fun and my 3 nix box's for learning. (I'm currently on my doze box)

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. (Janet Reno)

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We\'ve created life in our own image. (Stephen Hawking)

Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides